Aug 04 Doctoral Oral Examination: Second Language Acquisition and Teaching 9 a.m. – Noon, Aug. 4, 2025 Hui Wang "Corpus-based Pedagogy in Undergraduate L2 Writing Courses: Effectiveness, Engagement and Instructors' Understanding"
Aug 04 Doctoral Oral Examination: Sociology 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 4, 2025 Rina James "Radicalization Pathways in the Online Context: Accounting for User Trajectories Across Extremist Spaces"
Aug 04 Doctoral Oral Examination: Plant Science 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 4, 2025 Brooke Sykes "Temporal, Spatial, and Phylogenetic Factors That Structure Foliar Fungal Endophyte Communities Across Scales"
Aug 04 Free Community Event on Tumamoc Hill: Taylor's 93rd Birthday 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Aug. 4, 2025 Long time walker of Tumamoc Hill (three times each week!) Taylor Moore will be celebrating his 93rd birthday on Monday, Aug. 4. Join us in building the Tumamoc community!
Aug 05 Doctoral Oral Examination: Cancer Biology 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 5, 2025 Anutr Sivakoses "Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells Acquire Lymphocyte Proteins and Genomic DNA During Trogocytosis with T Cells"
Aug 05 Native Know-How Seminar 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Aug. 5, 2025 This four-hour seminar from the Native Nations Institute invites non-Native professionals to learn how to build mutually beneficial working relationships with Native nations.
Aug 05 Doctoral Oral Examination: Nursing 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 5, 2025 Meghan Orbegoso "Evidence-Based Trauma-Informed Care Education for Nursing Students: A DNP Project"
Aug 05 Doctoral Oral Examination: Spanish Noon – 3 p.m., Aug. 5, 2025 Bouchra El Harrak Lichioui "Morphological Processing in Spanish: Inflection and Derivation in Second Language Learners"
Aug 05 Doctoral Oral Examination – Environmental Science 12:30 – 3:30 p.m., Aug. 5, 2025 Kunal Palawat "Soil Monologues: Critical Ecotones of Pollution, Health, and Justice"
Aug 05 Borderwomen: Tracing Matriarchal Business Networks in Territorial Tucson 6 – 7 p.m., Aug. 5, 2025 The Arizona Historical Society and the Mexican American Heritage and History Museum present "Borderwomen: Matriarchal Business Networks in Territorial Tucson."
Aug 06 Doctoral Oral Examination: Soil, Water & Environmental Science 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 6, 2025 Ma'ln Alghzawi "Investigating the Transformations of Arsenic and Toxic Metal(loid)s Speciation and the Impact on Arsenic Bioaccessibility in Particulate Matter from Mine Tailings"
Aug 06 Doctoral Oral Examination: History 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Aug. 6, 2025 Don Unger "A Brief History of Mining Reclamation in Diné Bikéyah"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Examination: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 9 a.m. – Noon, Aug. 7, 2025 Geoffrey Finch "Daisies in the Desert: On Drivers of Extreme Chromosome Number Reduction in Plants"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Examination: Materials Science & Engineering 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Aug. 7, 2025 Ariel Rieffer "Corrosion Behavior of Additively Manufactured Alloy 625, A Nickel Based Superalloy"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Examination: Systems & Industrial Engineering 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Aug. 7, 2025 Mahdi Mahdavimanshadi "Multistage Stochastic Optimization for Agricultural Operations in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Examination: Applied Mathematics 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 7, 2025 Patricia Puente "Data, Scale, and Change: A Study of Hydrologic Dynamics in the Colorado River Basin"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Exam: Epidemiology 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 7, 2025 Samantha Marie Ruth "Epidemiological Surveillance of Post-COVID-19 Conditions (PCC) in Southern Arizona: A Comparative Study of Active vs. Passive Surveillance"
Aug 08 Doctoral Oral Examination: Microbiology 9 a.m. – Noon, Aug. 8, 2025 Elizabeth Howard: "The Impact of Dietary Fibers and Environmental Xenobiotics on Metabolic Homeostasis via the Gut Microbiota"
Aug 08 Doctoral Oral Examination: Aerospace Engineering 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 8, 2025 Martin Liza "Aero-Optical Effects in High-Enthalpy Flows"
Aug 08 Doctoral Oral Examination: Neuroscience 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 8, 2025 Sahana Venkateswaran Srivathsa "How Aging Transforms Spatial Memory and Navigation: From Behavior to Neural Circuits"
Aug 08 Doctoral Oral Examination: Physiological Sciences 1 – 4 p.m., Aug. 8, 2025 Hallie Wachsmuth "Neuronal Signaling of Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in the Regulation of Host Energy and Glucose Homeostasis"
Aug 08 GRAD College/UROC Poster Session 1 – 3 p.m., Aug. 8, 2025 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium scholars will present their summer research in a poster session.
Aug 08 Doctoral Oral Examination: Natural Resources 2 – 5 p.m., Aug. 8, 2025 Christopher Jenney "Habitat and Stocking Strategies for Native Fish Recovery in the Verde River Basin, Arizona"
Aug 09 Planetarium Show: 'Laser Foo Fighters' 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., Aug. 9, 2025 Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock – however you want to categorize them, the Foo Fighters fill arenas and melt faces.
Aug 09 Planetarium Show: 'Laser Nirvana' 9:30 – 10:30 p.m., Aug. 9, 2025 Nirvana ushered in the era of grunge, and changed the way rock would sound for years to come. Relive the band's short but very influential career in a powerful laser tribute.
Aug 11 Doctoral Oral Examination: Geosciences 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 11, 2025 Anna Mireia Rebaza Morillo "Unveiling the Mechanisms of Mass Transfer in Modern Subduction Zones"
Aug 11 Doctoral Oral Examination: Mining, Geological and Geophysical Engineering 1 – 4 p.m., Aug. 11, 2025 Jingping He "Best Practices for Mapping Environments Across the Mining Lifecycle with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
Aug 11 Doctoral Oral Examination: Materials Science and Engineering 2 – 5 p.m., Aug. 11, 2025 Dmitriy Bayko "Structure and Glass Transition Behavior of As-Rich As-Se Glasses: modeling and experiment"
Aug 12 Doctoral Oral Examination: Physics 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 12, 2025 Jose Daniel Castro Cisneros "Dynamics of Lunar Impact Ejecta: Escape, Co-orbitals, and Impacts"
Aug 12 Webinar: 'Steps to Secure Your Retirement Income' Noon – 1 p.m., Aug. 12, 2025 Come learn from the experts at TIAA the steps to secure your retirement income. *Note: You do not need to be a TIAA member to attend. All are welcome.
Aug 12 Doctoral Oral Examination: Management 2:30 – 5:30 p.m., Aug. 12, 2025 Arash Roghani "Essays in Information, Disclosure and Search"
Aug 13 Doctoral Oral Examination: Genetics 1 – 4 p.m., Aug. 13, 2025 Sydney VanLinden: "Mechanisms of Asthma Protection by Microbial Agents"
Aug 14 Webinar: 'The Working Caregiver's Toolkit: Mastering Career and Care' 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Aug. 14, 2025 Balance work and caregiving. Learn to talk with employers, set boundaries & use workplace benefits for success in both career and family care responsibilities.
Aug 14 2025 ONE Conference 1 – 5 p.m., Aug. 14, 2025 The ONE Conference is the annual University of Arizona marketing and communications conference.
Aug 15 Doctoral Oral Examination: Atmospheric Sciences 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 15, 2025 Chayan Roychoudhury "Modeling and Analysis of Black Carbon in the Third Pole: From Emissions to Snowmelt"
Aug 15 Doctoral Oral Examination: Second Language Acquisition and Teaching 5 – 8 p.m., Aug. 15, 2025 Hongni Gou "Black African Students Studying Abroad in China: L2 Investment, Identity Negotiation, and Transformative Life Trajectories"
Image Picture Party: Celebrating the Collection at 50 May 3 to Dec. 20, 2025 The Center for Creative Photography is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an exhibit of photographs and archival objects from renowned artists.
